Outhouse Editor

So there was this story on NPR on the way home this afternoon. In the radio version of the story, they talked to this woman journalist who decided to get the male's perspective of it. She recorded conversations between herself and Egyptian men out in the streets.

The recording they played had the male saying "You are Sugar." Which she deemed demeaning and not okay. The guy naturally just said he meant she looked good and was flirting.

I am sure there are more egregious examples of harassment going on in the streets of Egypt. Especially given that the report then went and talked to a guy who was during a series of interviews with men, some of whom admitted wanting the women to feel uncomfortable and get back off the streets and into their houses where they belong.

But, "You Are Sugar" is harassment? Really, maybe because I grew up in the South and we call people "Sugar" and "Baby" and go "um huh" all implyingly or hell just saying "Damn, you look good."

I think women are beautiful and I don't really understand how telling them they look good is harassment. Is this harassment? Am I as the report stated being "unempathetic" by not understanding how appreciating beauty is a good thing?

So there was this story on NPR on the way home this afternoon. In the radio version of the story, they talked to this woman journalist who decided to get the male's perspective of it. She recorded conversations between herself and Egyptian men out in the streets.

The recording they played had the male saying "You are Sugar." Which she deemed demeaning and not okay. The guy naturally just said he meant she looked good and was flirting.

I am sure there are more egregious examples of harassment going on in the streets of Egypt. Especially given that the report then went and talked to a guy who was during a series of interviews with men, some of whom admitted wanting the women to feel uncomfortable and get back off the streets and into their houses where they belong.

But, "You Are Sugar" is harassment? Really, maybe because I grew up in the South and we call people "Sugar" and "Baby" and go "um huh" all implyingly or hell just saying "Damn, you look good."

I think women are beautiful and I don't really understand how telling them they look good is harassment. Is this harassment? Am I as the report stated being "unempathetic" by not understanding how appreciating beauty is a good thing?

Rain Partier

Bitches call me "sugar" and "honey" all the damn time where I work. I hear "sweetheart" and "babe" when they address me, and it basically makes me feel like they want me to pt my penis into their vaginas. I resist because some of them are fatties.

But, I dunno...if the intent behind the words is to harass, then it seems clear that's what it is. Which some of the men admitted it was.

But if it's just to compliment, well, it might be crass or crude, and maybe even unwanted, but Jesus-Fuck, we sure do find a lot of shit to get offended by these days. Myself included. I can't tell you how annoyed I get when some bitch grabs my meat-sword and attempts to sheathe it in her lady-business. It's as if they think I'm some sort of sex object.

A battery-powered one, no less. Bitch, I got a damn power cord.

There are some women who use it merely as a term of endearment because I'm nice and respectful to them and do not openly speak of humping them in the mouth. It means nothing more to me than that. But at the same time, we cannot pretend that these sorts of things are the same for men and women. My perspective on being called "honey" by a woman is likely different from a woman's perspective of being called "honey" by a man.

Rain Partier

Bitches call me "sugar" and "honey" all the damn time where I work. I hear "sweetheart" and "babe" when they address me, and it basically makes me feel like they want me to pt my penis into their vaginas. I resist because some of them are fatties.

But, I dunno...if the intent behind the words is to harass, then it seems clear that's what it is. Which some of the men admitted it was.

But if it's just to compliment, well, it might be crass or crude, and maybe even unwanted, but Jesus-Fuck, we sure do find a lot of shit to get offended by these days. Myself included. I can't tell you how annoyed I get when some bitch grabs my meat-sword and attempts to sheathe it in her lady-business. It's as if they think I'm some sort of sex object.

A battery-powered one, no less. Bitch, I got a damn power cord.

There are some women who use it merely as a term of endearment because I'm nice and respectful to them and do not openly speak of humping them in the mouth. It means nothing more to me than that. But at the same time, we cannot pretend that these sorts of things are the same for men and women. My perspective on being called "honey" by a woman is likely different from a woman's perspective of being called "honey" by a man.

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